The Pirate Tapes
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Exposing piracy in Somalia from the inside out, The Pirates Tapes follows Mohamed Ashareh, a young Somali-Canadian, as he travels to Somalia in hopes of joining an active pirate cell. Armed only with a hidden camera, Mohamed works his way into a cell run by a ruthless warlord, Jama Donyal, and is assigned to his first hijacking mission. When things take an unexpected turn, Mohamed finds himself on the run from the law with the danger of execution looming.
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Rock Baijnauth Director
United States release July 11, 2011 · Produced in Somalia, Canada · Languages English, Somali
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HBO
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HBO Documentary Films
Production · Distribution
Telesto
Production
Somalia · Canada
Produced in
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Somali
Release dates
Canada · July 11, 2011
TV
United States · July 11, 2011
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